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Now to today's list of Volumes Five and Six of the Rowan County Register. By Jo White Linn.One
complete set of Volume Five is available at $20. One complete set of
Volume Six is available at $20. First caller after 11:00 a.m.

will get the complete set if that is what they want. After that only the partials will be available.

See Crate 100 for book reviews of these duplicates still available :

Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1988$5

Volume 3, No. 3, August, 1988$5

Duplicates for today's Crate 101 also available: [See below for individual book reviews.]

Volume 5, 1990.No. 2, May No.3, August and #4 November are available as a set of 3, for $12

[Pat's note:If you find out you are descended from these Greek Gods, please give up genealogy and take up swimming.I thought of baseball, tennis and golf, but those are no good since you always have a weapon in your hands!! She
borrowed an idea, improved upon it, and I had not the ability to leave
it alone.]; Rowan County Loose Estate Papers, Part 5; Readers Write,
Books for Review and Requests for Information conclude this issue.

Next,
a [Space Filler: Don't you wish it had been one of yours!] Mark
Whitaker applied for Rev. War service in the North Carolina Continental
Line, placed on pension roll 29 May 1833 at the age of 83 in Butler
County, KY. He enlisted, in Rowan County, [NC] in 1776. Pension Application #S31477;] [Pat's Tip:I have found in almost every case the application for anything will be more helpful than the actual result!]

Rowan County. NC Vacant Land Entries contributed by a familiar name to me: Richard Enochs is from here in Indiana.
Nice Work (one of many he has done.) Land records from #19 to #164.
Many names of buyers of land in NC. Abstracts from the extant issues of
The North-Carolina Mercury and Salisbury
Advertiser. (3 pages.) You just never know what you can read in a
newspaper that will help your investigation into your ancestor's life!
Here are a few samples: Jan 29, 1801-Five Dollar reward for the location of a gang of 18 hogs which strayed from the rightful owner in September last. Or, Jan 29, 1801-$30 reward for BROKE JAIL, night of the 15th,
the following prisoners, John Doty, small chunky man, five feet five
inches high, about 30 years of age, both of his ears cropt, back well
cut with the whip. At the same time, Isaiah Jinkins, a spare man, about
27 years of age, with a dark complexion. Please take to subscriber or
secure in any nearest jail, all expenses will be paid. (3 pages).Another filler: Another Pension #W8669 declares Ebenezar Dickey to have married Mary Graham (no marriage bond can be found now) in Rowan Co., NC and the Bible Record was in his pension file. Twelve Children [presumed] born from 1785 to 1808.

Beautiful center-spread of a landowner's map Section #2 with names and dates of residents. Rowan County
Miniature covers, as thoroughly as may be possible, the enigma that was
Hannah Green Baird/Beard/Tompkins. (2 pages, much detail and related
lines.) Petition of the Inhabitants of Surry County, NC.
to NOT divide the county further. with map, and a list of petitioners
and their signatures. (2 pages). Readers Write searches the Park family
data for the relationship, if any, between George and Noah [Park] (2 ½
pages). (8 pages-always interesting!) Books for Review (12 pages) and
Requests for Information (7 pages). Sold separately. PRICE: $5

The
widow had a legal right to administer the estate of her deceased
intestate husband; she had to relinquish that right in order for the
Court to appoint someone else as administrator. The amount of the
administrator's bond was set at roughly twice the amount of the estate.

These
are the courts in which most simple legal matters were filed. A motley
array of Jury appointments, Petitions for child support, account of
sales for an estate, and a license to practice law produced and
qualified, they admitted a new lawyer to the Bar [in Court, not in a
tavern.] [Pat's note: Has it ever occurred to you that both lawyers
and doctors get a license to practice their trade? NAMES AND
MORE NAMES in this session, any one of which, if yours, could be of
immense value to you as a genealogist. Suits for redress, Guardians
ordered to report on estates, Deed questions were settled here, Ordered
roads opened. Binding out of an orphan to learn a trade with both names
being listed and sometimes the conditions of the bond are listed.
Petit Jury being charged on their Oath to inquire if William Allen is
disordered in his head, insane, or lunatick! [Do you remember the
difference? Insane was permanent, a lunatic may recover.] They did
find that the said William Allen is uniformly insane and not fit to take
care of himself. Guardians were appointed to oversee his life.
Constables appointed. Road overseers names given. Jury to lay off and
open up a road, The Mason, John Steele, is ordered to pay Elizabeth
Taylor 10 pounds for nursing & maintaining their bastard of which he
is the reputed father on her body begotten. Collector's of the tax
were appointed. Deeds proven and ordered to be Registered. Copy of a
Rowan County Subpoena from 15 May 1775.
Rowan County Deeds (13 pages), The Linker/Links of Rowan & Davidson
Counties (3 pages), Rowan County Inventories and Sales 1785-1787,
Rowan County Land Ownership Map, Section C; Migration from Halifax
County, NC to Rowan Co, NC. (1 page); Johnston
Bible Records, Births, Marriages and Deaths (3 pages); Post Office
Records (Report on use of) 6 pages; A Poor Widow's Plea! Did she get
help? Accounts of the slaves in the Estate of John Pool. (4 pages of
the hiring out and other matters). Readers Write (5 pages) and Books
for Review (10 pages) plus a good article on the meaning of whose place
of abode was in this household. It did not mean they were relatives.
It just meant they were living there. The census taker simply counted
the people! Be they, in-laws, cousins, handymen, servants, etc.
Especially important to remember this from 1790-1840! Requests for
Information fill the remaining three pages of this issue. Please
remember, information gained from a query must be subjected to standards
of proof before being added to your records. Not everybody is as wise
and careful as the editor of this periodical. Sold Separately. PRICE:
$5

CRAZY CRATE 101BOOK 5:ROWAN COUNTY REGISTER VOLUME 6 #1 FEBRUARY, PAGES 1,208 TO 1,266 ISSUE #1
contains The Editor's Page which describes awards given to this fine
author's publication which is richly deserved. She received from the North Carolina
Society of Historians the Award of Special Merit for her
contributions. Next is a calendar of future events. (2 pages,) Thomas
Bentley of Old Rowan and Lincoln Cos., NC, by James W. Miller, Jr.
earliest documentation is the 1768 Rowan Co. tax list, thorough
documentation and careful presentation enhances this article, several
signatures, a map, drawing of The Bently House (after application of
clapboard siding), a marriage bond Merry Bentley to Aaron Freeman,
certificates of Thomas and Benjamin's sale of supplies they sold to the
Revolutionary Army, Another marriage Daniel Bentley, to Nancy Lewis. In
1830 in Perry Co., KY Daniel Bently, aged 78, files an application for
Rev. War Pension. More land records follow, lots more in 12 pages.
There are 24 individual items and references for this work. The author
continues with Loose Estate Papers. The (#) indicates major people with
files for the Surnames given.] Bean, Beard 7, Beaty, Beaver 10, Beck,
Beckel, Becket, Beefle 2, Bell 3, Benson 3, Berryman, Bescherer, Best,
Betz 2, Bevil, B(e/i)vin. (12 pages). A notice copied from Raymond A.
Winslow's work defines an idiot and a lunatic and the difference between
the two. Worth the price of the booklet. I was not aware of exactly
the difference between the two, so I learned something new this June 16, 2009.
I have reached the point in my life where I am never quite sure when I
have learned something new, or if I have just been reminded of something
I had once known, had forgotten, and now just think I have newly
learned something. Any way it is something good to know just in case on
the census they marked that column for one of yours. I'll help you
out. This is something you already know, or either it is something new
for you today or it is simply a reminder of something you used to know
or have forgotten.] Anyway you know it now [until you forget it again].
An "idiot" is a person who has never been of sound mind and cannot be
presumed capable of achieving soundness of mind. A "lunatic", however,
was once possessed of a sound mind and may regain that state. Idiocy is
permanent, while lunacy may be temporary. [You may consider our
politicians to be one or the other!!] This issue continues with: A
Bridge Petition from Bridge Records, 1805-1868, at the NC State Archives
has landowner information, map (is reproduced for you to see), and
names concerning the placement of bridges across the YadkinRiver. (8 pages). Rowan Records Sleuth concerns an error in the recording of a RowanCountyWill for an Edmond Deadman, written 16 July 1808,
probated 1813 and recorded in Will Book G: page 287. The recorded will
names a daughter Rachel Cavender. The original will shows the
daughter's name as Rebecca Cavender. The 1850 Hall Co., GA census shows
Rebecca Deadnan Cavender, a widow, born NC and the tombstones of BarnesCemetery, near Gainesville, GA show the following: Clement Cavender b[orn] 4 January, 1774, d[ied] 14 Feb. 1836. Rebecca Cavender, born 5 October 1778, NC, d. 29 January 1852
GA. ALWAYS ask for a photocopy of the original papers. Human beings
make mistakes. We do that better than any other species, because not
all of our mistakes result in our death! Or we would learn earlier to be
more careful!] Other Iredell Co. Marriages for Baldridge to Luckey and
a Mariah D.__?__, Barry-Beatey, Beatey-Huggins, Bell-McGuire,
Brown-McKee, Drum-Warren, Ramsey-McBride, Rector-Fenley/Finley/
Fendley. Readers Write, includes Tippong information. These often
contain interesting, almost legal, questions that get serious answers
here; such as biting off ears - What did this mean? What is the legal
age to own land, buy land or sell it? [Hint: not all ages are the
same!] (8 pages). Books for Review (8 pages) and Requests for
Information (4 pages). This issue is sold individually at this good
PRICE: $5

CRAZY CRATE 101BOOK 6:ROWAN COUNTY REGISTER 1991, VOLUME 6 #2 MAY, PAGES 1,207 TO 1,266. lSSUE #2: The
Editor's Page begins this issue, but the obituary quoted is priceless!
The Sleuth article this issue attempts to clarify about another
incorrectly recorded deed. [As someone who, in 35 years of researching,
has found her maiden name with forty-five separate and distinct
spellings, I am in deepest sympathy with this account of a Martin/Marlin
problem. Deed Book 11:483 speaks of James Martin, Jr., George Martin,
John Martin, James Martin, and Jas. Martin. The recorded deed shows
Martin very clearly. The deed is indexed as Martin. The typescript is
Martin, but when the deed was proved at August Court 1788 in the Minutes
of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Book 5:172 the entry shows
James Marlin to Jno Marlin #150A Aug. 1788 proved by Jas. Marlin.
Several other recordings read Marlin OR Martin. Which is right? Deed
Book shows State Grant #158 to John Culbertson bounded by George Marlin,
George Marlin, plus other mentions of the Marlin name. Tax list 1778
says James Marling, Sr. No State grant was issued to George Marlin.
But, State Grant #163 for 300 acres was issued to James Marlin, Peter
Lewis & John Culbertson. James Marlin was a Justice in the company
of Capt. Todd & Armstrong. Esq. James Marlin in 1784 had 200 acres
of deeded land, 5 horses, 4 head of cattle and John Marlin 210 acres, 3
horses, 4 head of cattle. Third Creek Presbyterian Church has the
following Marlin Tombstones: James Marlin, d[ied] 1780, James Marlin d.
26 Jan., 1802,
aged 66. and James Marlin, d. 1804 aged 14. No extant will in NC for a
George Marlin or a George Marlin. Fair! Balanced! You Decide! An
article titled, "We Are Indians" addresses the difficulties of proving
Native American lineages. (3 pages). Guilford County, NC 1788 Petition. Guilford was formed from Rowan in 1771 and Randolph was formed from Guilford in 1779. This is a 1778 Petition and many of these names appear in the 1768 tax lists of RowanCounty. A Genealogical Trip to Europe. (2 pages); An Article concerning George Erdmayer/Artmire/ Admire. [Nuff Said!!] (3 pages). Salisbury District Docket-Superior Court.
(5 pages) Civil War Letters (2 pages), Rowan Co., Land Entries (6
pages). Hall Family Bible with related names, Redwine, Ferrel, Keith,
Hancock, Clines, Russell, Griffins, with additional notes. Divisions of
Estates with plot plan drawings, (11 pages). The McCubbins Collection:
notes about James Dobbin-and genealogy notes concerning his 13 children!
Readers Write (5 pages), Books for Review (10 pages), Requests for
Information (4 pages). Since this book is coffee or tea damaged, the
price has been lowered. Price of Volume 2 only PRICE: $4 because of
slight damage which does not affect readability of text.

CRAZY CRATE 101BOOK 7:ROWAN COUNTY REGISTER 1991, VOLUME 6 #2 MAY, PAGES 1,207 TO 1,266. lSSUE #2: The Editor's Page begins this issue, and, my goodness does she have something to say!And
she says it very well!! Excerpts from this page should be heard by
every genealogist, even those that are still collecting notes in a
stenographer's notepad.Here are some choice quotes from her page:

(1.)There is not just one way to present a family history, and the question is never whether to document but how to attribute material accurately and honestly.

(2.)Today's
researchers are utilizing primary source material, are checking their
facts, marshalling their evidence, and building their pedigrees step by
step.

(3.) The purpose of publication is preservation, purely and simply.

(4.)
The aim is to preserve for your posterity the results of your research,
your pictures, your family Bibles, letters, diaries, and traditions -
and to share them with your family.

(5.)Your
only responsibility is to bequeath, as accurately as you can, the story
of your family to those who will one day long to know it.

There is much more here with which I agree, but she says it so well.Never skip the Editor's page in this book!

The
first article by William D. Bennett treats the real meaning of the
word's "squatter's rights" - what they were and how the government
handled them - interesting!Civil War Letters from the
Special Collections Department, William R. Perkins Library, Duke
University, Part II; Rowan County Deeds, Part VIII; Associational
Minutes of Baptist Church, 1790-1794; Rowan County Minutes of the Courts
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, May Court, 1791; Surry County Militia
Officers, 22 June 1771; Rowan County Wills, Part VI.If
you decide to buy any of these periodicals, don't miss reading the
Readers Write Column which sometimes reprints articles of a Midwestern
or Far West periodical that has articles on people exposing their North
Carolina roots in the states they moved to and applied for pensions
from; [We don't care where they went, we just want to find them!We'll follow the research trail wherever it goes!]Many people write in to her to help her be aware of collections of North Carolina records or peoplethat are located in far off places.She also spends time with the debunking of writer's tips and hints when she is well aware that, at least for North Carolina, those hints and tips are "hogwash."Books
for Review may help you find that one book that actually has your
family information, with documentation to die for right there!There
may be a new book out that you did not know about or a recently
reprinted one you had been wanting to buy but couldn't find anywhere! If you don't know it exists, you can't order it! Requests
for Information [Queries] carries a tremendous amount of information to
help you identify if the people mentioned in them could be related to
you.

CRAZY CRATE 101BOOK 8:ROWAN COUNTY REGISTER 1991, VOLUME 6 #4,MAY, PAGES 1,207 TO 1,266. The Editor's Page begins this issue and has a cute poem written about Jo White Linn's Rowan County Register.Articles include an excellent article by William Bennett on Taxation in North Carolina that includes tax laws and examples.

In
the earlier days of the 1700s there was no hard currency and all
obligations could be paid, including taxes, with what the people had,
what they produced, so a schedule of what produce was worth per item was
established by the North Carolina GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

In
1715 some items were: tobacco, per hundredweight; Indian Corn, per
bushel; wheat, per bushel; tallow, per pound; Leather tanned &
uncurried, per pound; Wild Cat skins, per piece; Beaver & other
skins; Butter, per pound; Cheese, per pound; Raw Buck & Doe skins,
per pound; Feathers, per pound; Pitch, per barrel full gauge; Whale oil,
per barrel; Pork per barrel; Beef, per barrel.Price was given in (L) pounds (s)shillings (d) pence.

Scales are also given for 1716, 1723 and 1729.

In 1729 both silver and gold were added.Silver, per ounce 1 L +5s was worth more than gold 1L.Train Oil per barrel was the most expensive item at 7L+10s.Hydes, per pound, and Tar, per barrel, were the cheapest at 6d. Pork, per barrel, was 4L 10s and Beef was only 3L per barrel.Tobacco, per hundredweight now is only worth 1L+5s.

Thank you for taking the time to read these newsletters.I learn something new, sometimes more than one or two things, every time I do one of these book reviews.As long as I am still growing and learning, I am still really alive.It never hurts to review things you have read before.It makes it easier to bring up the right answers next time.

Have a Good Week

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For Someone Else!

Pat from YOGS

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